i'm out of ideas. usually those are the 'problem' areas w/ vfp-generated RI code.

>Character fields, they hold Ids such as RSO_005. Both fields are of size 10 as well.
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>>numeric or character fields?
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>>>I knew what you meant, just answered incompletely, nope no composite keys used in the relationship
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>>>>i mean composed of multiple fields.
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>>>>>Nope, Primary Index in the Parent Table, and a regular index in the child table.
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>>>>>>are the relations set on a compound or composite key?
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